Sentence examples for had only contested from inspiring English sources

In suburban Richmond, a thirty-five-year-old civics teacher won a seat that Democrats had only contested once since 1997.

Radcliffe has only contested one race at any distance since then – her equally deflating 10km performance in London in May – so she will be lining up in Berlin without any competitive form behind her.

Their last victory came when winning the final itself in 1970 but they have only contested one Nations Cup in the last three decades, with their 2008 campaign proving disastrous.

Though scheduled to participate on three separate occasions, Australia has only contested the Oceania Baseball Championship once in 2003.

Amin's account is contested by Faulkner's friend, who said the mother had only consented to a three week holiday.

In its current form, the seat has only been contested once - but on previous boundaries, the Uxbridge seat has been held by the Tories since the 1970 general election, when it was gained from Labour by Charles Curran.

Namibia have only ever contested two Nations Cup finals - in, ironically, Burkina Faso in 1998 and then in Ghana ten years later.

The Namibians, who have only ever contested two Nations Cup tournaments in their history, are currently preparing for a friendly against Angola in Lubango on 22 December.

: : : To date, the final of the World Cup has only been contested by teams from the UEFA (Europe) and CONMEBOL (South America) confederations.

The former grand prix star has previously only contested the North West 200 international race, where he won the Supertwins event this year.

In the five times the event had been contested, Australia had only won a silver in the inaugural race in Rome, and a bronze medal in Tokyo in 1964.